Climate twins of Buffalo Grove, IL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Buffalo Grove's. Each "twin" must be at least 140 miles away to avoid trivial near-neighbor matches. Similarity is computed across all 24 monthly metrics (12 average temperatures + 12 average precipitations), normalized so temperature and precipitation contribute equally.
Side-by-side: Buffalo Grove vs its climate twin
Top match: Haskins, OH
| Month | Buffalo Grove | Haskins | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 31.9°F | 18.4°F | 1.33 in | 32.6°F | 19.2°F | 2.26 in |
| February | 35.8°F | 21.2°F | 1.28 in | 35.7°F | 21.0°F | 2.01 in |
| March | 46.7°F | 30.2°F | 1.84 in | 46.0°F | 28.6°F | 2.21 in |
| April | 58.1°F | 39.3°F | 3.31 in | 59.5°F | 38.5°F | 3.40 in |
| May | 69.5°F | 49.7°F | 3.76 in | 71.2°F | 50.3°F | 3.99 in |
| June | 79.5°F | 60.1°F | 3.97 in | 80.7°F | 60.8°F | 3.60 in |
| July | 84.0°F | 65.8°F | 3.15 in | 84.2°F | 63.8°F | 3.53 in |
| August | 82.0°F | 64.7°F | 3.70 in | 82.1°F | 61.8°F | 3.79 in |
| September | 75.3°F | 56.3°F | 3.04 in | 76.3°F | 54.3°F | 2.91 in |
| October | 62.5°F | 44.5°F | 3.11 in | 63.5°F | 43.6°F | 2.83 in |
| November | 48.5°F | 33.4°F | 2.15 in | 49.5°F | 33.4°F | 2.37 in |
| December | 36.9°F | 24.0°F | 1.64 in | 37.8°F | 25.1°F | 2.26 in |
Cities that consider Buffalo Grove their climate twin
These US cities have Buffalo Grove in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Buffalo Grove would feel familiar.
- Thomson, IL (ranks Buffalo Grove #1)
- Genoa, OH (ranks Buffalo Grove #1)
- Clay Center, OH (ranks Buffalo Grove #1)
- Hamtramck, MI (ranks Buffalo Grove #1)
- Hazel Park, MI (ranks Buffalo Grove #1)
- Highland Park, MI (ranks Buffalo Grove #1)
- Madison Heights, MI (ranks Buffalo Grove #1)
- Pleasant Ridge, MI (ranks Buffalo Grove #1)
How this is computed
Each city is represented by a 24-dimensional vector: 12 monthly average temperatures and 12 monthly average precipitations. Each dimension is z-score normalized across the population of US cities, so that temperature variance and precipitation variance contribute proportionally. Distance between cities is Euclidean. We filter out cities within 2° latitude/longitude (~140 miles) so that "twins" mean climatically similar but geographically distinct — not just the neighboring town. Full methodology →